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Raffles Grand Hotel d'Angkor is a historic hotel located in Siem Reap, Cambodia. First opened in 1932, it was established by French town planner Ernest Hébrard to accommodate the early explorers and tourists visiting the world heritage site Angkor Wat .
In 2005, Colony Capital bought Raffles Holdings for $1 billion from the Singapore government. Raffles and Swissôtel joined Fairmont Hotels in the newly formed holding, FRHI Hotels & Resorts, in 2006. [8] In December 2015, Accor announced the acquisition of FRHI Hotels & Resorts, taking over the Fairmont, Raffles, and Swissotel hotel chains. [9]
Raffles Hotel often refers to the historic Raffles luxury hotel, located in Singapore. Raffles Hotel may also refer to: Raffles Hotels & Resorts, a chain of luxury hotels, including multiple properties that are individually notable: Hotel Le Royal, in Cambodia; Raffles Europejski Warsaw, commonly known as Hotel Europejski, in Poland
Siem Reap (Khmer: សៀមរាប, Siĕm Réab [siəm riəp]) is the second-largest city of Cambodia, as well as the capital and largest city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia. Siem Reap possesses French-colonial and Chinese-style architecture in the Old French Quarter and around the Old Market.
The hotel was built by Thai developer Lursakdi Sampatisiri in 1984 as the Hilton International Bangkok at Nai Lert Park, managed by Hilton International. [1] [2] On June 13, 2003 [3] the Sampatisiri family signed Raffles International Hotels to manage the hotel [4] in their Swissôtel division, and on January 1, 2004 [5] it was renamed first [6] Nai Lert Park Bangkok, a Raffles International ...
Bangkok is ranked 13th in the world in terms of the total number of skyscrapers. Bangkok experienced a building boom in the late 1980s and early 1990s when Thailand experienced rapid economic growth. However, the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis left a visible scar on the city’s skyline with many unfinished or abandoned buildings.
Soi Cowboy is near Sukhumvit Road, between Asok Montri Road (Soi Sukhumvit 21) and Soi Sukhumvit 23, within walking distance from the BTS Skytrain's Asok Station and the Bangkok MRT's Sukhumvit Station. The Pullman Bangkok Grande Sukhumvit Hotel is nearby. [3]
In April 1975, the Red Cross sought to establish the hotel as a neutral zone, however, with the Fall of Phnom Penh on 17 April 1975, the Khmer Rouge emptied the hotel and its grounds. [1] After the fall of the Khmer Rouge in 1979, it was reopened as ‘Hotel Samakki’ (Solidarity Hotel). This name was used until HM King Father Norodom Sihanouk ...